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FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 335<br />

1 220<br />

ANNALS OF I) UNSTABLE, IN A^NALES MONASTICI, VOL. Ill, P. 58.<br />

In the same year [1220], <strong>in</strong> the month of June, 1 the k<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

<strong>Scotland</strong> betrothed himself at York to the sister of K<strong>in</strong>g Henry<br />

of England. And for <strong>this</strong> reason the same k<strong>in</strong>g of England<br />

conceded to him five thousand marks, and promised to marry<br />

his two sisters (whom he had <strong>in</strong> keep<strong>in</strong>g) with<strong>in</strong> a year, without<br />

mesalliance, or to restore them to him <strong>in</strong> freedom. 2<br />

1221<br />

MATTHEW PARIS, CHRONICA MAJORA, VOL. Ill, pp. 66-67, S.A.<br />

1221. 3<br />

K<strong>in</strong>g Henry gave Joanna his eldest 4 sister as wife to Alex-<br />

and she was married at York on the<br />

ander, k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong> ;<br />

morrow 5 of St. John the Baptist and the ; nuptials were<br />

solemnly celebrated <strong>in</strong> presence of the k<strong>in</strong>gs. 6<br />

Hubert de Burgh also <strong>in</strong> the same city took to wife the sister<br />

of the said k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>. 7<br />

1<br />

Cf. the announcements of both k<strong>in</strong>gs on the 15th June, 1220 ; Feed.,<br />

i, 240-241.<br />

2 For the marriage of Margaret v. <strong>in</strong>fra, s.a. 1221 ; of Isabella (<strong>in</strong> 1225<br />

to the earl of Norfolk) v. Feed., i, 278.<br />

3<br />

Cf. G. of C., ii, 112, s.a. 1221. R. of C., 190. M.P., H.A., ii, 248.<br />

Fl. His., ii, 173. W. of C., ii, 249. Ann. of Tewkesb., <strong>in</strong> A.M., i, 65. Ann.<br />

of W<strong>in</strong>ch., ibid., ii, 84. Ann. of Wav., ibid., ii, 294-295. Ann. of Wore.,<br />

ibid., iv, 413.<br />

"<br />

Cf. Ann. of Dunst., <strong>in</strong> A.M., iii, 69, s.a. 1221 : Com<strong>in</strong>g t<strong>here</strong>fore to<br />

York [Henry] gave his sister [Joanna] as queen to the k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, who<br />

was then present t<strong>here</strong>. She was then said to be eleven years old, and had<br />

been previously betrothed to Hugh le Brun. And they celebrated nuptials<br />

with great ceremony."<br />

Joanna was born on the 22nd July, 1210 ; Ann. of Tewkesb., <strong>in</strong> A.M.,<br />

i, 59. Ann. of Wore., ibid., iv, 399.<br />

For le Brun, Hugh de Lusignan, count de la Marche, cf. M.P., Chr.<br />

Maj., ii, 573. He married Joanna's mother Isabella <strong>in</strong>stead ; Ann. of Dunst.,<br />

<strong>in</strong> A.M., iii, 57, s.a. 1220.<br />

4 "<br />

So Ann. of Tewkesb., u.s. ; Ann. of Wore., u.s. The eldest daughter<br />

of John," W. of C., ii, 249.<br />

6 25th June. "On Whitsunday," R. of C., 196: i.e., the 30th May.<br />

Cf. the charter of Alexander's gifts to the queen on 18th June, 1221 ; Feed.,<br />

i, 252.<br />

6 "<br />

Walter de Gray, archbishop of the aforesaid city [of York], perform<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the ceremony <strong>in</strong> the presence of very many magnates of either [realm]."<br />

W. of C., ii, 249.<br />

7 Cf. s.a. 1222, Ann. of Dunst., <strong>in</strong> A.M., iii, 76 :<br />

" Hubert de Burgh,<br />

justiciar of the lord k<strong>in</strong>g, took to wife the daughter of the k<strong>in</strong>g [of <strong>Scotland</strong>] " ;<br />

" "<br />

Margaret by name," M.P., H.A., ii, 248. Margaret, eldest daughter of<br />

William, k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, and sister of k<strong>in</strong>g Alexander," W. of C., ii, 250.<br />

"<br />

Fl. His., ii, 173, s.a. 1221 : In the same year Hubert de Burgh, (then<br />

justiciar of England,) took to wife (and married <strong>in</strong> the city of London) the<br />

sister of the said k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, namely Margaret ; (the lord k<strong>in</strong>g be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

present, with master Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, and other mas-

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